Phd Student in Environmental Chemistry - Zurich, Schweiz - Eawag

Eawag

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Zurich, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is an internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH Domain (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology).

Eawag conducts research, education and expert consulting to achieve the dual goals of meeting direct human needs for water and maintaining the function and integrity of aquatic ecosystems.

PhD student in Environmental Chemistry

Project context
The recently communicated

Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework of the European Union aims to develop new chemicals in a way that they are inherently environmentally safe. Implementation of this goal requires appropriate methods for high-throughput assessment of key environmental hazards, including chemicals' persistence in the environment and their potential for causing (eco-)toxicological effects. In the frame of a recently funded collaborative project, we will work with computational scientists and (eco-)toxicologist to

develop automated, high-throughput assays for persistence assessment,

relevant case studies, including antioxidants and other polymer additives.

Your tasks

You will develop miniaturized biodegradation assays and validate them against

existing regulatory end-point data on persistence

You will collaborate with others to implement these workflows on liquid handling

platforms for increased throughput

You will collaborate with others to couple degradation and toxicity assays for the

implementation of the CTE/PTE concept

You will present results at international conferences and prepare publications in

peer-reviewed scientific journals

You assist the teaching at the Chemistry Department of the University of Zurich

Your profile

Master's degree in environmental sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, analytical

chemistry or related fields

Research experience with mass spectrometry
Skills in data evaluation and modeling and/or laboratory automation are a plus
Excellent interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills

(English required, German desirable)

Motivation to work in an interdisciplinary team and across institutions

What we offer

The project will be led by Kathrin Fenner, and will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Beate Escher (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, UFZ Leipzig). Kathrin Fenner is professor in Environmental Chemistry at the Chemistry Department of the University of Zurich and group leader at the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Eawag. Both Eawag and the University of Zurich are located within the Zürich metropolitan area.

As a PhD student, you will become part of the PhD program offered by the Graduate School of Chemical and Molecular Sciences Zürich.

The University of Zurich is a modern employer and offers an excellent working envi-ronment where staff can contribute their strengths, experience and ways of thinking.

We promote gender equality and are committed to staff diversity and inclusion. The compatibility of career and family is of central importance to us.

Places of work/Employment

University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland &Eawag, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Employment through University of Zurich

(1) Escher et al., Archiv.
Toxicol., 97, 1267, 2023.

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